11. Never stay up all night drinking cold coffee reminiscent of the Exxon Valdez oil slick in order to meet a deadline

12. Polish my shoes.

13. Have enough pillows.

14. Learn to read music.

15. Develop a greater sense of environmental awareness even if it does mean going outside.

16. Do algebra, just to prove that I can.

17. Create a well-organized photo album with pictures correctly dated and identified. No photographs of nameless, blurred, ancient relatives included out of guilt.

18. Garden.

19. Learn what every button on the dashboard does without having to push them all in a random sequence in order to find out in an emergency situation.

20. Consider a pear ``dessert.''

21. Consider an apple an ``appetizer.''

22. Consider soy products ``food.''

23. Back up all the files on my hard drive.

24. Label the disks saving all the files on my hard drive so that I don't have to push them all into the little slot in a random sequence in order to find the important stuff in an emergency situation.

25. Have fewer emergency situations.

26. Eat a healthy breakfast every morning, including at least one fruit or vegetable.

27. Never run out of seltzer, kitty litter, detergent or light bulbs.

28. Refuse to eat terrible food simply because it is placed in front of me e.g., omelets in airplanes, potato chips at wearisome events, peanuts in bars, muffins at bad breakfast joints, any food item I do not recognize or for which I cannot invent a name.

29. Hand wash garments labeled ``Hand Wash.''

30. Save scrap paper and actually use it, not merely save it only to throw it away at a later date.

31. Stay up all night telling long stories no family member ever felt safe enough to tell before.

32. Ski.

33. Vacuum my car rugs.

34. Be a better speller.

35. Towel-dry all my glasses.

36. Remember the names of everyone's spouse.

37. Actually enjoy reading books about the old West or the lives of contemporary singers.

38. Quilt.

39. Enjoy flying.

40. Learn to use cartridge pens without getting ink all over my hands, wrists, and forearms.

41. Learn the tango.

42. Learn the cha-cha.

43. Learn the waltz.

44. Learn to leave my husband alone when he doesn't want to dance.

45. Fall asleep more quickly and dream more creatively. No dreams of being pursued by a nameless relative who is furious over not being included in well-organized photograph album.

46. Wake up with a sense of endless possibility and usually on time.

47. Take better care of those around me and better care of myself.

48. Take it easy.

49. Remember the names of everyone's kids.

50. Remember that we all get only one shot at doing all of this and so should not put off anything until the next life.